Hay-press.



M. M. FIELDS.

HAY PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-8.19M).

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Patented July It, 1916.

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M. M. FIELDS.

HAY PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED 001.0.1915.

1 .,1 90,393. Patented July 11, 1916.

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HAY-PRESS.

Application filed October 8, 1915.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Mosns M. FIELDS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Palestine, in the county of Anderson and Stateof Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHayPresses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to presses and particularly to a press designedfor use in baling, the primary object of the said invention being toproduce a press capable of simultaneously compressing material to formtwo bales within a single hopper or casing, said hopper or casing beingsuitably divided.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a casing havingmeans for securing one side in place so that it may be read ily removedfor the purpose of taking out the bales. which are compressed in saidcasing and the invention furthermore resides in novel means foroperating the followers or compression heads, whereby the bales areformed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in whichFigure 1 illustrates a view in elevation of a press embodying theinvention; Fig. 2 illustrates a vertical sectional view thereof; Fig. 3illustrates a transverse sectional view; Fig. 4 illustrates a top planview; Fig. 5 illustrates an end view; and Fig. 6 illustrates a view inperspective of a portion of one of the partitions.

In these drawings 7 denotes a base on which the casing is built, oneside and the ends thereof being of a rigid structure and the other sidebeing formed by the doors 8 and 9, the said door 8 being movably mountedin the casing by the hinges 11 and the door 9 being movably mounted onthe casing by the hinges 12. Each door comprises the strips 13 and 14,which carry the panels 15 and 16, the said panels being separatedintermediate the length of the strips 13 and 14 to form the space 17. Asthe doors are practically duplicated, description of one Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1916.

Serial No. 54,780.

will suflice as a description of the other and 1t is noted that thepurpose of the space 17 is to form a clearance for the reception of atongue 18 which projects from one edge of the transversely disposedpartition of which the element 19 is a part, the said partition beingconstructed to two transversely extending plates 20 and 21 between whichthe element 19 is secured, so that the tongue 18 beam 24 is movable, thesaid press beam being provided with followers or heads 25 adapted toengage the contents of the casing for pressing the same.

The upper door is held closed by latches 26, whereas the lower door,which sustains the pressure due to the action of the beam and heads, isheld in closed position by rods 27 and 28having angularly extending ends29 and 30 respectively, which angular ends overlie the sides of the doorstrips and prevent movement of the said door with relation to thecasing. When said door is to be opened, however, the rods may be rotatedto cause a disengagement of the angular ends thereof from the doorstrips and the said door may then be swung on its hinges.

By reason of the presence of the tongue 18 which enters the space 15between the door panels, a joint is produced between the partition andthe door which will prevent the escape of the contents of the casingwhile said contents is being pressed and the door may be removed fromthe partition and the tongue thereof, as it swings on its hinges. Asshown in Fig. 2, the partition has an aperture 31 in which the rod 27 isseated and rotates.

As a means for operating the presser beam, racks 32 and 33 are provided,one at each end of the casing and these racks have a double set of teethfor a purpose to be presently explained. The beam 24 consists of twoside plates 34 and 35 between which inner end, each of said links beingadapted to engage an inner series of teeth of the said rack. From aninspection of Fig. 1 of the drawing it is evident that the oscillationof the handle or lever 38 will result in operating the presser beam andthat it will be pulled downward upon downward pressure of theouter endof the lever andcthat upon upward movement of the outer end of thelever, the link 39 may be caused to move into engagement, with the nextsucceeding tooth of the rack so that by again moving the outer end ofthe said lever downward, further pull on the presser beam will beeffeoted for the purpose of compressing the contents of the casing.

I claim- In a press, a casing including hinged MOSES M. FIELDS.Witnesses D. M. Honens, CHAs. Tnnns'ro.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

